Bomber's Moon
Bok av Iris Gower
At the height of WWII, two Welsh sisters struggle for survivaland the love of the same manin this novel from the bestselling author of Spinner's Warf. 1941. Motherless Meryl Jones and her older sister, Hari, are living together in Swansea during World War II while their father is fighting in the war. After their home is destroyed in an air raid, thirteen-year-old Meryl is evacuated to Carmarthen. Hari visits her sister in the countryside, but has a wartime job in the city, and is living a life of air raids, dangerous work, and meeting young soldiers and airmen at night. Meryl eventually ends up on a farm owned by a kind Welsh woman, and falls for her son Michaelwho is half Germanbut Michael becomes smitten with Hari. Then the military police come for Michael. Meryl poses as his wife to help him escape, and their relationship blossoms. But, as the war ends, Meryl knows that the man she loves will have to make a fateful choice between her and her sister.